Year 12 Food Science and Nutrition


Congratulations on choosing Level 3 Food Science and Nutrition to further you interest and career in food. This course can be taken as a Certificate over one year, or a Diploma, over two years. The diploma is equivalent to a full A Level, and carries the same UCAS points.

The course is marked differently to A Levels - you will receive Distinction*, Distinction, Merit or Pass. The course is divided as follows:

Year 12 - Unit 1 (controlled assessment and externally marked exam).

Year 13 - Unit 2 (externally marked assessment) and Unit 3/4 (controlled assessment)

Our exam board is WJEC: http://www.wjec.co.uk/qualifications/food-science-and-nutrition/food-science-and-nutrition-level-3-from-2015.html

Recommended reading

Nutrition for Life, Lisa Hark PhD RD and Dr Darwin Dean, 2005, ISBN: 1-4053-0306-9

How Food Works, Dorling Kindersley, 2017, ISBN: 978-0-2412-8939-6

The Science of Cooking, Dr Stuart Farrimond, 2017, ISBN: 978-0-2412-2978-1

How Baking Works Second Edition, Paula Figoni, 2008, ISBN: 978-0-471-74723-9

McGee on Food and Cooking: An Encyclopaedia of Kitchen Science, History and Culture, 2004, ISBN: 978-340831496

Human Nutrition, Mary E Barasi, 1997, ISBN: 0-340-64567-9

Link to WJEC information for this course

Click here to view http://www.wjec.co.uk/qualifications/food-science-and-nutrition/
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Past paper questions

Useful documents

Unit 1 past exam analysis

Past papers and mark schemes

Here is a link to the exam board page with all of the past papers and mark schemes:

https://www.wjec.co.uk/qualifications/food-science-and-nutrition-level-3/#tab_pastpapers